A wide-ranging account of the development of North American archaeology, with particular emphasis on early man, the Southwest, the American… (Show full summary)

Eva MacLean left her settled, Presbyterian Ontario life behind to accompany her young minister-veternarian husband to the "wilds" of northwestern… (Show full summary)

For 80 years, between 1788 and 1868, England transported its convicts to Australia. This punishment provided the first immigrants and… (Show full summary)

Before Owen Wister's publication of "The Virginian" in 1902, the image of the cowboy was essentially that of the dime… (Show full summary)

Traces the research scientist co-author's explorations in Greece and the Gobi Desert for the origins of the mythical griffin, relating… (Show full summary)

When the pharaohs of Egypt died, they were mummified and buried in pyramids and tombs with all their riches. But… (Show full summary)

This is the story of the brave black pioneers who escaped slavery and settled the frontier, even as America headed toward civil war. 2018.

Describes the archeological exploration begun in 1939 in Rome to unearth the lost remains of St. Peter. Details the excavations… (Show full summary)

First-person accounts of Texas cowboys recorded during the late 1930s. They deal with stampedes, bronc busting, and eating chuck wagon food. 1984.

A geologist recalls the first scientific proposals of the theory that a large asteroid or comet had collided with Earth… (Show full summary)

Discusses the human mummies of Egypt and how they were preserved, the discovery of a frozen mammoth in Siberia and… (Show full summary)

The uplifting and often humourous story of one woman's life in the raw wilderness. The author describes her experiences as… (Show full summary)

Spilsbury's Coast is the inside passage between the Fraser River and the top of Vancouver Island. Jim Spilsbury spent 10… (Show full summary)

A re-construction of what might have happened, and why, at Little Bighorn on June 25, 1876. Tells of Custer and… (Show full summary)

Sisters Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill came to Canada with their husbands in the early 1800s. Both women recorded… (Show full summary)

Four mummies, from a mighty pharaoh to a poor weaver, are studied scientifically to reveal the lives and times of… (Show full summary)

Traces the lives of American lawyer John Lloyd Stephens and English architect Frederick Catherwood, discoverers of the Maya Civilization. c1973.

The homesteaders who streamed to the Canadian West from 1880 to 1914 tell their own story of harshness, isolation, and… (Show full summary)

Siggins chronicles the history of a single Saskatchewan farm from 1883 to the present. What she uncovers is a history… (Show full summary)

What was it like to be a passenger on the Mayflower? How many people survived the first harsh winter in… (Show full summary)